1/30 {for potion!}
it had been months since vegas and luscious had last seen jelly bean. after a few days of searching, they had given up and returned to the warehouse. when they got there, no one was there. not a human in sight. they had scavenged for food and had found lots of it, luckily. they were surviving now.
2/30
vegas returned to the small room they had set up in and dropped a can from his mouth. "i think it's wet cat food. it sure smells like it,"
3/30
"good." luscious said quickly, opening it with her paws and teeth. when it opened, a foul smell hit the room. "oh, it's not good!" vegas moaned covering his nose. "it's-expired," he said through his paws.
4/30
luscious was coughing. "why did you not smell that when you got it in the first place?" she pitched the can into another room and closed the door on it. "we'll-we'll get that eventually,"
5/30
"luscious, i think we've been here for a while, and we've got to start relying on-you know, hunting. i know none of us are any good at it, but we've got to. we can't resort to eating expired cat food," vegas explained.
6/30
"yeah, i know," luscious said sheepishly. "but i-i don't really think i want to kill animals,"
7/30
"you have to," vegas said seriously. "think of jelly bean, luscious,"
8/30
luscious kicked at a dust bunny. "what does she have to do with anything, vegas? you can't just recycle the old jelly bean excuse. we don't know where she is,"
9/30
"well, what if a predator got her?" vegas said. there was silence. "that is the cruelest thing i've ever heard you say, vegas. are you wishing death on her?" luscious said angrily.
10/30
"no, i'm not! but-but you know, it is possible," vegas mumbled.
11/30
luscious looked away from him. "let's not think about that. fine, i'll kill an animal if i need to."
12/30
"well, for now we'll rely on food we can find, but when we run out, we have to go on a hunting mission," vegas said, with a slight reprimanding in his voice.
13/30
"okay then," luscious said. "what might i have to-kill?" she said, wincing. killing anything was bad to her.
14/30
"you are not simply killing, luscious. that would be murder. you are hunting. you are using the gifts that you get from this animal. murderers don't do that," vegas said. it sounded bad even to him.
15/30
"well, if the animal would still be alive if i hadn't interacted with it, i call that killing. we are killing, vegas. i don't want to be a murderer. isn't cat food for cats who don't want to kill?" luscious asked.
16/30
"cat food is for lazy cats. i'm only realizing that know," vegas said reluctantly. "how about we start off with plants, and see if we can find any that we like? then we wouldn't have to resort to hunting as quickly,"
17/30
"okay," luscious said, accepting this. "how about we start off with clover?" vegas asked. it was the only plant he knew that wasn't poisonous.
18/30
luscious nodded. "yeah, it's a safe starter plant. i'll go look for some and bring it back here,"
19/30
"okay," vegas answered. "but i'm going to look for more supplies. we've only barely searched for any,"
20/30
"well, if you find any, hide them. we're not entirely safe here," luscious warned before bounding through the door that had blown over after the cat show crew had left.
